#Ethiopia: We are troubled by the devastating impact of drone strikes and violence on the population in Ethiopia’s #Amhara region.

— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) November 17, 2023

Important exchange between Congressman Brad Sherman and Amb. Mike Hammer today during a hearing of the House Committee. Sherman denounced a considered referendum in Western Tigray saying that "nothing is more phony than a referendum after an ethnic cleansing". 1/2

— René Lefort (@rene_renelefort) November 30, 2023

But even more important, Sherman asked if the US would pressure Ethiopia through IMF loans until she would be “on the right track”. Hammer responded that the US want to contribute to “economic reforms, privatization” etc. so as to prevent an “economic collapse”... 2/3

— René Lefort (@rene_renelefort) November 30, 2023

... which would be detrimental to the US too. This asserts the US won’t use the economic lever to pressure Abiy. But Sherman recalled the Ethiopian Governement endorsement of the measures to counter aid diversion, proof that, according to him, pressure could be effective... 3/3

— René Lefort (@rene_renelefort) November 30, 2023